Synonyms for tell on
tell on

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1. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

   give away information about somebody

   "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

   Synonyms:
   thieve, cop, betray, hook, buy at, stag, let on, mark, stool, reveal, spy, disclose, deceive, expose, defecate, fail, take a shit, frequent, sell, browse, bewray, snoop, snitch, make, brand, fink, lead astray, ca-ca, cheat, shit, give away, grass, break, wander, sleuth, sponsor, crap, shop, glom, grass over, divulge, stigmatize, patronise, shop at, stigmatise, knock off, blackleg, bring out, take a crap, denounce, cuckold, unwrap, patronize, cheat on, discover, scab, rat, let out

2. tell onverb

   produce an effect or strain on somebody

   "Each step told on his tired legs"

   Synonyms:
   give away, snitch, betray, rat, shit, denounce, shop, grass, stag

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1. • Affect
   • Inform

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1. Christian Arnezeder:

   You could tell on the market, in talking to dealers, that some customers said, I want to fulfil my dream before any tariffs come into effect.

2. Paul Thompson:

   It’s hard for a person who's been a criminal all his life to tell on another Peer brother, we teach them' no more victim, no more victimizing'.

3. Aristides Hatzis:

   But in Greece, it makes sense to tax evade if you can, because you win, because the chances of being caught are very small, and because it's socially accepted. Your neighbors won't tell on you.

4. Aristides Hatzis:

   The way they're trying to sell it is good: We won't cut wages and pensions, and we'll target the rich, but in Greece, it makes sense to tax evade if you can, because you win, because the chances of being caught are very small, and because it's socially accepted. Your neighbors won't tell on you.

5. Marie Yovanovitch:

   Although I understand that I served at the pleasure of the president, I was nevertheless incredulous that the U.S. government chose to remove an Ambassador based, as best as I can tell, on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives.